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Old 01-05-2015, 12:59 PM   #521
Last_Paladin
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Re: Project; Divorce Therapy ( 72 SWB 4x4 )

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Originally Posted by CUSTOM/10 View Post
Jim;

Yes on the heater, but if you had A/C and the water shut off valve then you either needed a by-pass hose or drill holes in the thermostat itself. Most blocks have the water by-pass hole, it's the vortec heads that don't have the water crossover passage in them and you could build steam, over heat the heads and possibly crack a head. So I'm going to put the by-pass hose in, that goes from the intake manifold to the top of the water pump, but my issue is I have no connection on the suction side of the pump for my heater.

Gary
Run it to the radiator, like the LS engines do. Your radiator has a port for it.
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